bio

Hi! My name is Augusto Sperb Machado. I work as a Graduate Assistant in Political Theory and the History of Political Ideas at the University of Lausanne (UNIL), in Switzerland.

My research interests revolve around normative political philosophy, history of contemporary political ideas, and analytical jurisprudence. Right now, I am preparing a Ph.D. thesis on the difficult relationship between luck egalitarianism, G. A. Cohen's conservatism, and public policy. Many of my past works focused on the moral foundations of the rule of law.

As a PhD candidate, I pursue a double degree in Public Administration (at the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, IDHEAP, Lausanne) and in Law, Politics, and Philosophy (at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, EHESS, Paris). Previously,  as an Eiffel Excellence Scholar, I obtained a Master's research degree in Politics at the EHESS. I also hold a Bachelor of Laws and a Master's degree in Philosophy, both at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where I was born and raised.

On this website, you will find my academic work here and my curriculum vitae here. There is also some personal stuff here (old pics, facts about me, etc.).

You can always reach me by e-mail at augusto@machados.org.